Previous events

MSc Allen Nsangi at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “An educational intervention to enable children to assess claims about the benefits and harms of treatments” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Allen Nsangi at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Challenges of initiating and conducting randomized control trials in a school context.

Do you want to join the application process in 2020/2021 for funding of new interdisciplinary research groups in life sciences? Then you should sign up for one of UiO:Life Science' meetings.

MNSc Helene Berntzen at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Patient experiences and nurses’ management of pain and discomfort in intensive care during a strategy of analgosedation - an exploratory study” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

As the Strategic And Collaborative Capacity Development in Ethiopia and Africa (SACCADE) project draws to a close, we welcome you to this seminar highlighting some of the research and students, in addition to new and ongoing collaborative initiatives including the EXCEL Smart Project.

MNSc Helene Berntzen at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: What is the evidence on potential measures after discharge, in order to optimize psychosocial and physical function for intensive care patients.

M.Sc Linn Nathalie Støme at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Early Health Technology Assessment of E-health” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

M.Sc Linn Nathalie Støme at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Data quality in qualitative and quantitative studies.

Do you want to join the application process in 2020/2021 for funding of new interdisciplinary research groups in life sciences? Then you should sign up for one of UiO:Life Science' meetings.

The links between health and climate change are undeniable. 120 world-leading experts have looked at more than 40 indicators for The 2020 Report of the Lancet Countdown. Join us for the virtual Oslo launch to discover the new findings on December 4th at 13.00 CET.

This year, the forum arranges an informative workshop on kappe, impostor syndrome, and publishing for PhD students. Also, the workshop will be a good chance to get acquainted with other PhD students at HELSAM.

What does ‘good governance’ look like in the One Health space? Why is thinking about policy and governance important? Join this webinar as expert speakers discuss how lessons from Neglected Tropical Disease (NTD) control and other integrated health approaches could be scaled to address Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) and related issues at the human-animal-ecosystem interface.

MD Daniel Semakula at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Improving critical thinking about treatment claims, evidence and choices. Development and evaluation of an intervention to improve the ability of parents of primary school children in Uganda to critically appraise the trustworthiness of claims about treatment effects and make informed health choices” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Daniel Semakula at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: What sources of information are used by health authorities when planning for the next peak in cases of the Covid-19 pandemic?

“Thrown Under the Bus: reimagining youth mental health in the pandemic era” – Open Lecture by Vikram Patel on global mental health in the pandemic.

MSc. Myint Myint Wai at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Contraception and Fertility in Myanmar: Trends and Dynamics - A study of married women’s Contraceptive use and Unmet Need for Family Planning in Yangon south and north” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc. Myint Myint Wai at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Illegal abortion in Asia: consequences for women´s health and the health care system.

MD Bishwajit Bhowmik at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Diabetes and its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors – Identification of High-risk Individuals in a Rural Bangladeshi Population” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MD Bishwajit Bhowmik at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Modern treatment of type 2 diabetes.

MSc Jorunn Evandt at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Nighttime road traffic noise and associations with insomnia symptoms and use of sleep medication” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

MSc Jorunn Evandt at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: Sleep across the lifespan: Implications for health.

Master Fareeha Shaikh at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis “Intergenerational association between birth weight and cardiovascular disease; a population-based study of offspring, their parents, aunts and uncles” for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).

Master Fareeha Shaikh at Institute of Health and Society will give a trial lecture on the given topic: The implications of the fetal programming and the birthweight-CVD associations for public health and for women’s physical and mental health.

MSc Susan Munabi-Babigumira at Institute of Health and Society will be defending the thesis Quality of maternity services in low- and middle-income countries: analysis of health system bottlenecks and strategies for improvement for the degree of PhD (Philosophiae Doctor).